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Herbert F. (84) has been in a Taliban dungeon in Kabul for six months: the right-wing extremist blogger from Vienna had traveled to the Islamist country in the Hindu Kush despite warnings. He had wanted to show that, contrary to the opinion of experts, Afghanistan was a safe country of origin and that refugees could be deported there without hesitation - and proved the exact opposite.

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[–] rentar42@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

(Edit: this was meant as a reply to an apparently now-deleted (?) comment about why he deserves the anonymity of having his last name abbreviated).

He deserves it for the same reason a single mother raising a kid that gets involved in an armed robbery deserves it: basic human rights.

The idea of those is that they are universal and you'd have to have a very good reason to supersede them. If they are not universal, then they are just "suggestions" and then we end up with exactly the kind of society that this guy wanted.

And yes, being a major political actor is a good reason to lose that anonymity (which is also how it's handled in European media, there is no reporting on Angela M. or Emmanuel M.).

But this guy is a not a public figure in any reasonable sense any more. He's a stupid old guy that was one of the founding members of a extreme-right splinter party of a right-wing popular party in 1967. That party was banned in 1988. So it (and he) has not been relevant to anything for 35 years. He tried to become relevant with this stunt, fucked around and found out.

In fact, reporting on his full name is probably what he wants: publicity is what he was attempting to achieve, but anonymity is what he deserves (both as a basic human right and as punishment IMO).

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Is he charged with a crime or did he do a stupid international venture that is a continuation on the theme of his ridiculous political movement? Do leaders of racist boomer political movements deserve anonymity? Why couldn't he keep it confined to VierChan?

Edit: were it the case that his privacy was of primacy, why did it explicilty link him to his little "movement"?

[–] MaxPower@feddit.de 2 points 11 months ago

The link is to an Austrian news site. Could not find an English source.

[–] xkforce@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Dude pretty much literally drank the koolaid

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Whats a more old-timey koolaid?

[–] Skua@kbin.social 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Kool aid powder has been on sale for nearly 100 years, I think it already is the old-time version of itself

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

God, this place is so great. The crap I learn here XD

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I'm A ~~Right-Wing Extremist~~ Celebrity, Get Me Outta Here

— ~~Stephen Baldwin~~ Herbert ~~F.~~ Fritz

F this guy

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Its a tough but fair punishment. I advise he takes it

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

No somehow all of this is the liberals fault. You can bet in it

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

I mean, give me TWO non-nitpicky ways it isnt?! /s